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- This option produces a list of those students who have logged out and
- subsequently logged back in again. The time they logged out is in the file
- "OUT" and the time they logged back in is in the file "IN". Both these files
- live in the !REG directory.
-
- When a student logs out, an A is placed in the file and when she logs back
- in an R. These characters are ignored by the statistics calculations so it
- is up to the system manager to decide whether or not a credit should be
- given for attendance, absence or late. This rather depends on the
- circumstances and how long the student is away and even an Archy can't
- manage this type of decision! It is therefore necessary to edit the As and
- Rs to an appropriate setting using the list menu and Individual option. The
- bit of gobbledegook at the beginning is the number of characters in the file
- so that even if you switch the machine off the program can remember where to
- put the next person. You can create a fresh file by using the Create option
- and the appropriate sub-menu option. Incidentally, the file "IN" can be
- dragged into edit or any other RISCOS application for further manipulation.